Leap of Faith

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Our Daily Bread Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 24 May 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

About seven hundred emperor penguins in West Antarctica, only six months old, huddled together at the edge of a towering icy cliff fifty feet above the frigid water. Finally, one penguin leaned forward and took “a leap of faith,” diving into the icy water below and swimming away. Soon scores of penguins took the plunge.

Young penguins typically jump just a couple of feet into the water for their first swim. This group’s death-defying leap was the first to be caught on camera.

Some people would say that the blind leap into the unknown by those penguins is similar to what happens when a person trusts in Jesus for salvation. Putting faith in Him is just the opposite. The author of Hebrews said, “Faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see” (Hebrews 11:1).

Enoch’s faith pleased God: “Without faith it is impossible to please God” (v. 6). The world hadn’t seen anything like the great flood and yet Noah, “in holy fear built an ark to save his family” (v. 7) because he trusted in God. By faith Abraham followed God “even though he did not know where he was going” (v. 8).

When we first put our trust in Jesus it is by faith. As we continue following Him and our faith is tested, we can remember how God came through for these men. Even when we don’t know the whys and how’s we can trust God with the outcome.

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0:00.0	Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
0:06.9	Hebrews 11, verse 1.
0:10.6	Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread.
0:14.6	Our reading titled Leap of Faith was written by Nancy Gabianes and read by Rochelle Troub.
0:22.6	Hebrews 11, verses 1 through 8.
0:26.4	Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
0:33.0	This is what the ancients were commended for.
0:36.4	By faith, we understand that the universe was formed at
0:40.0	God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. By faith, Abel brought God a
0:47.9	better offering than Cain did. By faith, he was commended as righteous when God spoke well of his offerings,
0:55.8	and by faith, Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.
1:01.2	By faith, Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death.
1:07.0	He could not be found because God had taken him away.
1:13.3	For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. And without faith, it is impossible to please God, because anyone who
1:20.6	comes to him must believe that he exists, and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
1:28.6	By faith, Noah, when warned about things not yet seen,
1:32.9	in holy fear built an ark to save his family.
1:37.1	By his faith, he condemned the world
1:39.6	and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.
1:44.8	By faith, Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance,
1:51.2	obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.
1:59.9	Leap of Faith, written by Nancy Gavionis.
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